Moscow brings Israeli and Syrian officials together. Wed Feb 10, 2021 Syria is still in a state of chaos, and unending bloodletting. Russia is however trying to play a constructive role in facilitating a dialogue between the Assad regime and Israel. Although it is not aimed at bringing peace, it might be helpful at some point. In the meantime, the Turks are pushing deeper into northeastern Syria in an effort to thwart the Kurdish dream of some form of self-determination. The Turkish army has attacked the town of Ain Issa, 45 kilometers from the Turkish border and inside Syria’s Kurdish area. Its location, on the M4 highway, happens to be where the headquarters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Front (SDF) is located. The SDF is a US ally in the fight against the Islamic State terrorists. Turkish army attacks forced thousands of Kurds to flee from their homes to the city of Raqqa, 55km to the south.
Seven Prominent Twitter Accounts Still Active After Promoting Violence and Disinformation
14 Jan 2021
Twitter permanently banned President Donald Trump on Friday, dramatically ushering in a new era of Big Tech speech control.
Several other prominent individuals and organizations who have recently spread disinformation and explicitly called for violence – up to and including genocide – remain free to use Twitter, including hostile foreign powers that do not allow their own citizens to use the platform.
China’s Communist Party Propaganda Chiefs
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has free access to Twitter through numerous government agencies and individuals, even though Twitter is banned and blocked in China. The CCP used Twitter to spread disinformation about the Wuhan coronavirus that cost millions of lives around the world and ruined countless more lives by severely damaging the economies of other nations.
The US Department of the Treasury s Office of Foreign Assets Control on Friday sanctioned Iraqi military leader Falih al-Fayyadh for alleged human rights abuses that occurred during civilian protests.
Will Biden learn from Trump and keep making America secure again?
January 8, 2021
(JNS) “Build Back Better” was Joe Biden’s campaign slogan. How different is that, really, from “Make America Great Again”? Both BBB and MAGA suggest the need for restoration, for reversing deterioration and decline, for fixing what’s broken.
In foreign and national security policy, President Donald Trump following eight years of President Barack Obama’s unwillingness to bolster the credibility of American power against America’s enemies achieved some significant successes. He also suffered some significant failures. In other areas, he made incremental progress,. For access to this article please
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